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VOL. 10, ISSUE 1 (2024)
Body shaming crimes on social media
Authors
Gusti RM
Abstract
Cyberbullying such as body shaming, which is
aggressive and repetitive behavior carried out by individuals or groups using
electronic technology as a medium to attack other people. Cyberbullying Body shaming cannot continue because
cyberbullying can damage a person's mental health. Body shaming is also dangerous because it can be done anywhere and at any time. The
main discussion in this research is What is the Legal Protection for Victims of
Body Shaming Crimes on Social Media? And what is the urgency of legal protection for
victims of body shaming crimes on social media? The
research method used by the author is included in the type of normative
juridical research, namely an approach that examines statutory
regulations and legal theory in Indonesia. The data sources used include primary and secondary, primary data is a
data source that is directly related to the object of research, namely laws -
laws, especially the Witness and Victim Protection Law, secondary data, namely
data sources that explain primary legal materials which are the results of the
thoughts of legal experts, namely books, scientific works, literature and
electronic data sources. Method of collecting data in this research using library research techniques. The data analysis used was qualitative descriptive. The results of this research are first, legal protection
for victims of criminal acts of body shaming on social media. It can be seen
that the regulations regarding procedures for providing witness and victim
protection are contained in Law no. 13 of 2006 article 29. What is also
contained in LPSK Regulation Number 6 of 2010 concerning procedures for
providing witness and victim protection, and secondly, the urgency of legal
protection for victims of the crime of body shaming on social media is that it
needs to be taken into account because of the impacts, one of which is The
psychological impact on the victims of body shaming themselves, apart from that
there are many perpetrators who carry out body shaming themselves because there
are still many who do not know the impact or consequences of body shaming.
Also, based on a questionnaire conducted by 100 respondents, the author shows
that legal protection for victims of criminal acts of body shaming is
not enough to just focus on positive law, but there must also be restoration of
the psychological condition of the victim himself, such as the perpetrator must
apologize to the victim and even must the existence of social sanctions as a
deterrent effect for perpetrators so that there are no victims of body shaming
crimes.
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Pages:29-33
How to cite this article:
Gusti RM "Body shaming crimes on social media". International Journal of Law, Vol 10, Issue 1, 2024, Pages 29-33
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